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Prescription Drug Control/Bannings Are In Order

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In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
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I'm pretty sure there's already control over prescription drugs dude.

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HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
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Symmetry wrote:I'm pretty sure there's already control over prescription drugs dude.

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With nearly 40,000 deaths in 2009, would you consider them sufficient?
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chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
Take a wild guess.
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What do you suggest? And do you have any stats for us to look at beyond bragging about your Apple product?
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HapSmo19 wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
Take a wild guess.
Is it Bhutan?
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chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
Take a wild guess.
Is it Bhutan?
He can't say because he's doing all this amazing analysis from his Ipod. It's tough work if you own an IPod, and we should all appreciate the challenges he faces in owning an Ipod.
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chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
Take a wild guess.
Is it Bhutan?
Nope
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Symmetry wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
Take a wild guess.
Is it Bhutan?
He can't say because he's doing all this amazing analysis from his Ipod. It's tough work if you own an IPod, and we should all appreciate the challenges he faces in owning an Ipod.
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GabonX wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:
chang50 wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
You could inform us in which country this occurred without a link..
Take a wild guess.
Is it Bhutan?
He can't say because he's doing all this amazing analysis from his Ipod. It's tough work if you own an IPod, and we should all appreciate the challenges he faces in owning an Ipod.
This is why everyone thinks you're a douche.
I'd hoped that being sarcastic in moronic threads would be low on the list of why "everyone" thinks I'm a "douche".
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A quick google gave me this as his source.

Regardless, it's the same argument as in the knives in China thread. Prescription drugs are not purely weaponised tools. They have other uses that are positive and beneficial.

Also, unlike knives or guns, seems like a very very signifcant majority of these deaths are suicide rather than homicide. That doesn't make them acceptable, but it does make them qualitatively different to the arguments around guns or knives, and about protecting someone from themself, rather than protecting society from someone.
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Plus, of course, arguing that prescription drugs should be controlled is pretty much an oxymoron. By definition, prescription drugs are already controlled.
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HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
Guy1 overdoses on medication.
Guy1 buys a gun and shoots Guy2 in the face.

Now, here's the tricky part, I want you to try to spot the differences between these 2 scenarios.
It won't be easy, but I think you might manage it with a bit of concerted effort.

Apply yourself to this task! You can do it!

P.S. I hear ginkgo biloba might help.
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Hey Hag you forgot to mention Guy1 also shoots himself in the face!
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Haggis_McMutton wrote:
HapSmo19 wrote:In 2009, 37,485 deaths were atributed to prescription drug overdose(slightly more deaths than traffic accidents in the same time period) according to some study. I'm doing this on an ipod and haven't figured out/don't care how to copy/paste or I'd put the link up.
Anyway, isn't it time to ban precription drugs and cars?
Guy1 overdoses on medication.
Guy1 buys a gun and shoots Guy2 in the face.

Now, here's the tricky part, I want you to try to spot the differences between these 2 scenarios.
It won't be easy, but I think you might manage it with a bit of concerted effort.

Apply yourself to this task! You can do it!

P.S. I hear ginkgo biloba might help.
Guy1 overdoses on medication
Guy1 buys a car and runs over Guy2 and then some

Do we ban cars?
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Personally I find it a lot easier to dodge cars than bullets :)
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And it's definitely not as easy to get one into a classroom
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